At dusk, the Buddha climbed the mountain and appeared before Tang Ye and Dong Miaozhu. He didn't rush to look at Tang Ye and Dong Miaozhu, showing a nostalgic expression.
He remembered the years when he was on this mountaintop, and she was on the opposite one. He remembered how they would sit cross-legged facing each other, always smiling gently when their eyes met. Because the nights on Never-Setting Sun Mountain were so short, they could see each other for most of each day. But now, that quiet tenderness was gone forever, the mountain was no longer the same, seldom looking back, all had changed beyond recognition.
After reminiscing, the Buddha turned his gaze to Tang Ye and Dong Miaozhu. On seeing Dong Miaozhu, he was taken aback. He hadn't expected to see another enlightened one, and a woman at that. He found it incredibly ironic—could this be another scene set up by that old Taoist?
